Here’s a little clip I shot this week on Okinawa Main Island’s Pacific coast (Kin Red Beach) — a classic but colourful commensal / symbiotic combo: Emperor shrimps (Zenopontonia rex) riding their lofty nudibranch palace (?Ceratosoma trilobatum?).
Edited to “Raindrop” by Tomotsugu Nakamura (sound on if possible)

This was shot on my old Lumix LX10 compact in 4K/30fps, using either the Nauticam CMC-1 alone or stacked with a UCL-165 close-up lens.
Lighting was from two Kraken Hydra 8000 V2 lights and one Backscatter MW4300. There was a bit of water movement and suspended silt, so I'll need to be more careful with light placement next time using the triple-light setup...

Cheers and happy bubbles,
Ben

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by bghazzal

Amazing quality images and perfect editing. Bravo!

I see one of the shrimps goes down to the nudi's feeding mouth. Does it eat the same things?

Thanks